2015

New publication of the acupuncture research team: Usichenko, T.*, Laqua, R.*, Leutzo, B., Lotze, M. (2015) Preliminary Findings of Cerebral Responses on Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Experimental Heat Pain. Brain Imaging and Behavior, accepted. * equal contribution.

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for our VBM-study on chronic back pain: Fritz, H.C., McAuley, J.H., Wittfeld, K., Hegenscheid, K., Schmidt, C.O., Langner, S., Lotze, M. (2015) Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and anterior insular gray matter. Results from a population-based cohort study. Journal of Pain, in press.


New ALE-Review on the expertise topic: Neumann, N., Lotze, M., Eickhoff, S.B. (2015) Cognitive expertise: an ALE meta-analysis. Human Brain Mapping, in press.

Workshop 3rd to 6th October 2015 in Berlin and Greifswald

AvH Research Linkage and DFG Speed vs. Accuracy Projects



New publication on chronic neuropathic pain in Pain: Strauß S, Grothe M, Usichenko T, Neumann N, Byblow WD, Lotze M. (2015) Inhibition of the primary sensorimotor cortex by topical anesthesia of the forearm in patients with CRPS (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=CRPS+Pain+M1+Strauss).


"Future in Plasma Science“ at the Leibniz Institute Greifswald: Free-your-mind session

14th of July 2015; 5pm; Train your brain -plasticity in the motor and cognitive system; Martin Lotze


After Work Summer Garden Party of the Lab; June 2015

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Defense of Magali Fernández-Salazar

on the 25th of June 2015

at the Sorbonne/Paris

with her work entitled:

"LA DIMENSION ÉMOTIONNELLE DE LA DOULEUR CHRONIQUE.

PERSPECTIVES NEUROPHILOSOPHIQUES SUR LA DOULEUR DU MEMBRE FANTÔME"

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www.paris-sorbonne.fr/Mme-MARIA-MAGALI-FERNANDEZ-SALAZAR


22-27.6.2015:

International young academics meeting on „Data evaluation in cohort studies” in the Alfried Krupp Kolleg, Greifswald

www.wiko-greifswald.de/de/veranstaltung/article/datenauswertung-in-kohortenstudien.html


Professor Paul Thompson

Alfried Krupp Kolleg; 23. Juni 2015 • 19:00 Uhr

"Cohort Studies in Brain Disease"

www.wiko-greifswald.de/de/veranstaltung/article/cohort-studies-in-brain-disease.html

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Prof. Dr. Simon B. Eickhoff

Alfried Krupp Kolleg; 22. Juni 2015 • 19:00 Uhr

"Evaluating BIG DATA of the human brain – approaches in Jülich"

www.wiko-greifswald.de/de/veranstaltung/article/evaluating-big-data-of-the-human-brain-approaches-in-juelich.html


Johannes C. Eichstaedt.

Alfried Krupp Kolleg; 22. Juni 2015 • 08:30 Uhr

"Measuring Psychological States through Social Media"

www.wiko-greifswald.de/de/veranstaltung/article/soziale-medien-als-quelle-psychologischer-erkenntnisse.html


Lecture from Dr. James Mc Auley from NEURA in Sydney on

"Reassurance Strategies on Back Pain Therapy" at 18th of June 2015


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Defense Paul Glad Mihai; "Funktional Imaging of cerebral representation of swallowing " at the 10th of June 2015

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Defense Katharina Erhard; fMRI-measurements of verbal creativity" at the 3rd of June 2015

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Posterprice (500€) for: Connectivity-based predictions of hand motor outcome at the sub-acute stage after stroke


New article on high-resolution mapping of the somatosensory cortex in JMRI:

Pfannmöller J, Schweitzer, R, Lotze M. (2015) An Automated Analysis Protocol for high resolution BOLD-fMRI Mapping of the Fingertip Somatotopy in Brodmann Area 3b. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in press.


Latest article on swallowing and aging

Windel AS*, Mihai PG*, Lotze M. (2015) Neuroimaging of swallowing in the elderly, Behavioral Brain Research, in press.